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From: Grant Edwards <grante AT visi DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Pointers on Making a Cygwin CD (including source)?
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:34:02 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2009-01-08, Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:23:16AM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>On 2009-01-07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>>> And, as you noted, you need to distribute the source of your
>>> application
>>
>>I don't see what my application has to do with anything.  Just
>>because I compile an application with gcc, that doesn't place
>>the application under the GPL.
>
> If the application is linked with Cygwin it is GPLed.

It isn't linked with Cygwin.

>>I'm aware that we'll need to distribute sources for Cygwin and
>>the other GPL'ed tools we're distributing.
>
> If you distribute a cygwin-based binary

The only cygwin-based binaries I'm distributing are the Cygwin
binary packages and tools such as gcc and binutils for which
source will be provided.

> then you need to make the source code of the binary available
> as per the terms of the GPL since the Cygwin DLL is licensed
> under the GPL.

Right, but "my application" isn't linked with Cygwin.

-- 
Grant



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